Ancient DNA reveals unknown Ice Age mammal related to modern yaks
Ancient DNA from Siberian cave bones reveals Yak X, an extinct Ice Age mammal related to modern yaks that may have been hunted by Denisovans.
A Siberian cave already famous for yielding the first remains of an extinct human lineage called the Denisovans, who once roamed widely in Eurasia, has now produced evidence of a previously unknown large Ice Age mammal closely related to today's ya... [4156 chars]
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